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O. ZALLUD.

CHECK RECORDING MACHINE.

No. 432,961. Patented July 22, 1890.

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- C. ZALLUD.

CHECK RECORDING MACHINE.

No. 432,961. Patented July 22, 1890.

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G. ZA'LLUD. CHECK RECORDING MACHINE.

Patented July 22, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ZALLUD, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ISAACPFORZI'IEIMER, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECK-RECORDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,961, dated July 22,1890.

Application filed October 31, 1889. Serial No. 328,843. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES ZALLUD, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCheck-Recording Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to machines adapted to receive checks denotingthe value of purchases-made, and to record the value of such checks.

I will describe in detail my improvement, and then point out the novelfeatures in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section taken onthe line 1 1, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22, Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4

no is a face view of a certain check which may be employed.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

In carrying my improvement into effect I use checks upon which areraised figures denoting a certain value. One of these checks having beenpassed into the machine, an impression of the figures denoting the valueof the check is taken upon a traveling strip of 0 paper. At the close ofthe days business or at such other time as it may be deemed necessarythe strip of paper having the figures denoting the value of the checksimprinted upon it is removed from the machine and the 3 5 imprints arefooted up. The total of such imprint must equal the total of the checkspassed into the machine and the total of cash received for which checkshave been used.

The machineis contained in a case A, which case is surmounted by acasing A, provided with a chute A The checks are to be passed down thischute. Preferably the sides of the casing A will be fitted with glassplates a. The checks employed in the machine are to have the figuresdenoting their value arranged upon both sides. The cashier upon one sideand the customer upon the other may then, by looking through the glassplates upon the sides of the casing A, both see the value of the checkwhich has been passed down the chute. Preferably, also, the checks, asshown more clearly in Fig. 1, will have the figures arranged upon bothends, but extending in reverse directions to each other, so thatwhichever wayacheck is dropped into the machine certain of the figureswill be brought into proper position for printing, as will behereinafter more clearly described. The check, having been passedthrough the chute A rests at its lower edge upon a rigid stop a,constituting in this instance part of aportion A of the frame of themachine. \Vhen in this position, it will be observed that one portion ofthe check, 01;, say, about one half thereof, is within the case A, whilethe other half is above the same and within the casing A. It is theportion within the casing A which may be seen by the cashier andcustomer, as previously described.

The figures upon the check constitute in effect type, and from thesetype an impression is to be taken. Such impression is taken upon atraveling strip of paper B, which strip of paper passes at one side ofthe portion of the check which is within the case A.

I have shown a convenient means for inking the type upon the check, sothat an impression may be taken upon the strip, consisting of aninking-ribbon B, which also passes at one side of the check and betweenthe check and the traveling strip of paper. If, now, the inking-ribbonand the traveling strip of paper be together pressed against the typeupon the check which they are opposite, an impression of such type willbe'taken upon the strip of paper.

I have shown means for causing theinkingribbon and the strip of paper tobe thus pressed against the type, consisting of a plunger 0, whichplunger is adapted to be 0 moved to and fro in a guidewayc, formed uponthe portion A of the frame. The plunger 0 constitutes in effect aplaten. The plunger Gin this instance is made up of two sections 0 0 Thesection 0 is arranged within a recess c formed within the section 0',the outer extremity of which section 0 is provided with a head 0 Therecess 0 is shouldered near its rear end, as shown more clearly in Fig.2.

Between the head c 'and said shoulder is arranged a coil-spring 0 thetendency of which is to always force the section 0 outwardly. Beyondsaid shoulder the recess 0 is diminished, and the shank c of the section0 extends into said diminished portion. A pin 0, extending from the inner side of the diminished portion of the recess 0 and into alongitudinally-extendin g slot 0 formed in the shank of the section 0prevents atooextended movement of said section in either direction. Thisconstruction is advantageous, because it provides means whereby theplunger will act with a yielding pressure against the type, and willthus prevent the type from being battered, as it might otherwise beduring the rapid working of the machine. Longitudinal movement isimparted to the plunger Oby means of a cam D, which cam is rigidlymounted upon a vertically-extending rock-shaft D, which rock-shaft isjournaled near its lower end in the base of the machine and near itsupper end in a bracket (1, extending from the portion A of the frame ofthe machine.

Mounted in the outer portion of the plunger 0 are two rollers (1 d WVhenthe shaft D is rocked in one direction, the cam D will act upon theroller 61 to force the plunger inwardly to cause an impression to betaken from the check. When, however, the shaft is rotated in the otherdirection, the cam will operate upon the roller (1 to move the plungeroutwardly and away from the check.

A rocking motion is imparted to the shaft D by means of a handle Dextending to the exterior of the case A through a slot (1 formedhorizontally in the case. The inner end of the handle D is secured tothe shaft D. By moving the handle through the slot 01 the operation justdescribed is effected. At the ends of the slot d are elastic stops (2,preferably of india-rubber, against which the handle will strike whenmoved. These stops prevent undue jarring and noise.

Surrounding the shaft D, near its lower extremity, is a coil-spring Thiscoil-spring has one end bearing against the handle D and the otheragainsta pin 01, extending upwardly from the base of the machine. Thetendency of this spring is always to force the handle 1) into a normalposition, or, in other words, into such position as to rock the shaft Dto cause the plunger to be withdrawn.

The operation of printing from the check is the first that takes placeafter the check has been deposited in the machine, and this operation iseffected by moving the handle D in the direction of the arrow, Fig. Bythe reverse movement of the handle the strip of paper is caused to befed forward, so as to bring a fresh portion thereof into position to beprinted upon, and the check from which an impression has just been takenis moved out of the way to make room for another check, which may bedropped down through the slot A I will first describe the means forfeeding forward the strip of paper. E E designate rollers, between whichthe printed strip of paper passes and by the rotation of which saidstrip is fed along. The roller E is mounted on the upper end of a shaftF, which shaft is journaled in suitable bearings formed upon the mainframe of the machine. The roller E is mounted upon a stub-shaft F, alsojournaled in a suitable bearing upon a portion of the main frame of themachine. Said bearing is somewhat slotted, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 1, so that the shaft F may have a slight lateral play in itsbearings. This is forthe purpose of permitting the roller E to yieldslightly, if for any purpose itshould be necessary for it so to do. Thesaid roller IE, it will be observed, comprises two cylindrical portions,between which is arranged a fork e, extending from the frame of themachine. A coil-spring 6, arranged between the jaws of said fork andbearing against abearing-piece e for the shaft F, tends to force saidshaft, and consequently the roller E, constantly toward the roller E.The spring 2, however, admits of the yielding of the roller E, aspreviously stated.

Upon the shaft F is a gear-wheel f, which gear-wheel meshes with agear-wheel f, mounted upon the shaft F. \Vhen the shaft F is rotated, acorresponding rotary motion will be imparted to the shaft F, and therollers E E will consequently rotate in unison. Loosely mounted upon theshaft F' is a gearwheel f with which engages a rocking gearsegment F. Apawl f mounted upon an arm f rigidly secured upon the gear-wheel fengages a ratchet-wheel f rigidly mounted upon the shaft F. \Vhen thegear-wheel f is rotated in one direction by the gear-segment F, the pawlf will play freely over the teeth upon the ratchet-wheel f but when saidgear-wheel is rotated in the opposite direction the pawl will engage theteeth upon the ratchet-wheel, and thus cause the rotation of the shaftF, and consequently of the rollers E E. It is this motion which feedsthe paper forward, and it occurs, as previously stated, when the handleD is being moved backwardly to its normal position. The gearsegment Fforms part of an arm g, which arm is rigidly secured near one of itsends upon a rock-shaft G, journaled in a bar upon the portion 61 of theframe, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2. Vhenthe rock-shaft G is rocked,a swinging motion will be given to the gear-segment F which will causethe operation of the gear-wheel f as previously described. Such rockingmotion is imparted to the shaft G by means of a lever G, which, asshown, is bent or curved around near one end. This bent or curved aroundportion bears near its outer extremitya roller g. The roller g isadapted to be operated upon by a fourarmed cam G (Shown more clearly inFig. This cam is loosely mounted upon the shaft D, and has secured to itupon one side a ratchet-wheel g Rigidly mounted upon ICO the shaft D isan arm g bearing a springactuated pawl g, which pawl engages the teethupon the ratchet-Wheel g \Vhen the handle D is swung in the direction ofthe arrow, Fig. 3, the pawl will slip freely over the teeth upon theratchet-wheel g and no rotary motion will be imparted to the cam G Anytendency to such rotary motion is overcome by a stop-pawl g which isspring-actuated and abuts near its outer extremity against one of thearms of the cam G The cam, however, when rotated in the other directionwill strike said pawl g and lift it, so that one of said arms may passbeyond the pawl or into the position shown more clearly in Fig. 3. Whenthe handle D is swung in the other direction, the pawl g will engage theratchet-wheel g and cause the rotation of it and the cam G The arm uponsaid cam, which is in contact with the roller g upon the lever G, willthen pass along said roller, and will cause the rocking of the lever Gand also the shaft G. Such rocking will cause the swinging of thegear-segment F I will now describe means whereby the check, after thesame has been printed from, may be removed from beneath the chute A inorder to make room for the introduction of another check. To the otherarm of the lever G is pi-votally connected one end of a link G The linkG is pivotally connected near its other end to an arm h, extending froma movable piece H. The movable piece H is fiat and of substantially thesame thickness and height as is the check. The movable piece H isarranged to slide in a groove h in the portion A of the frame, throughwhich groove also pass the strip of paper and the inking-ribbon. Thisgroove also receives the check when the latter is dropped down throughthe chute. A similar groove or passage-way is formed in the lowerportion of the casing A, into which the upper part of the check extends.Near one end of the groove h and in the lower side thereof there is anopening 7L2, communicating with a passageway h WVhen the movable piece His moved in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1, the check will be movedalong until above the passageway h down which it will then fall, to bereceived in a suitable receptacle. (Not shown in the drawings.) Themovement of the movable piece H to accomplish this is occasioned by therocking of the lever G during the return-movement of the handle D aspreviously described.

I have shown a spring I, secured near one end to one arm of the lever Gand near the other end to the case A of the machine, which springoperates to retract the lever G to its normal position, or the positionshown more clearly in Fig. 3, and also to restore the movable piece IIand the gear-segment F to their normal position.

I have shown the slip of paper B as coiled upon a roller J. Afterleaving the roller J it passes over an idler-rollerj, thence through thegroove it over another idler-roller j, thence downwardly between thefeed-rollers E E, and thence onto a roller J, upon which it is wound.Rotary motion is imparted to the roller J, so as to take up the strip bymeans of a belt 7' passing aboutthe hub of the cam G and about a pulley3' mounted upon the roller J. WVhen the diameter of the roll of paperupon the roller J increases, the belt 7' will slip, so that only acertain quantityof paper will always be fed forward. The strip of paperis gripped sufiiciently tight between the rollers E E to admit thisslipping of the belt.

Although I have shown an inking-ribbon for causing the impression to betaken from the type, any suitable means might be employed for inkingsaid type.

In practical operation it is advantageous that when the operation of themachine is commenced-as,forinstance,inthemorningthe cashier or personhaving'it in charge should cause his name or some other sign to beprintedupontheslipofpaper. Thesameshould also be done when the use ofthe machine is discontinued-as, for instance, at night. In Fig. 4 I haveshown a check adapted to do this. By this means it is always easy toascertain where the recording for the day begins and ends upon thestrip. It is to be observed that but one check at a time can be inposition for printing, as a check when in the machine closes the lowerend of the chute A thus preventing the introduction of another check.When the check is being moved along by the movable piece H, the latteroperates to. close the lower end of the chute A and another check cannotbe introduced until after the movable piece H has been retracted to itsnormal position.

, What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a check-recording machine, the combination of a case provided withan opening through which a check may be passed, a stop for said check, atraveling strip of paper, inking apparatus, and a platen for causing animpression to be made upon the strip of paper from type upon the check,substantially as specified.

2. In a check-recording machine, the combination of a case provided withan opening through which a check may be passed, a stop for said check, atraveling strip of paper, inking apparatus, a platen for causing animpression to be made upon the strip of paper from type upon the check,a handle extending to the exterior of the case for operating saidplaten, and feeding mechanism for feeding said strip of paper along,substantially as specified.

3. In a check-recording machine, the combination of a case provided withan opening through which a check may be passed, a stop for said check, atraveling strip of paper, inking apparatus, a platen for causing animpression to be made upon the strip of paper IIO stop for said check, atraveling strip of paper,

inking apparatus, a platen for causing an impression to be made upon thestrip of paper from type upon the cheek, a handle extending to theexterior of the ease, feeding meeh- I5 anism for feeding the strip ofpaper along, and a movable piece for moving the check out of printing"position after it has been printed from, said handle when moved in onedirection operating the said platen and when moved in the otherdirection operating said feeding mechanism and the movable piece,substantially as specified.

CHARLES ZALLUD.

WVitnesses:

FREDK. IIAYNEs, D. H. HAYWOOD.

